Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Core Systems

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at QuickNode, you'll architect, develop, and implement next-generation infrastructure platforms across private and public clouds. You'll build robust, scalable hybrid environments that integrate bare-metal, virtualization, and orchestration technologies, driving automation, standardization, and operational excellence as QuickNode expands its Web3 infrastructure footprint globally.

What you'll do

• Research, architect, and deploy complex infrastructure systems across bare-metal servers, hypervisors, orchestrators, virtual machines, and containerized environments
• Design and implement automation using Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration Management principles with Terraform, Ansible, and Consul to ensure reproducibility, speed, and consistency in infrastructure deployment
• Establish and maintain infrastructure standards, documentation, and architecture diagrams to support scale, reliability, and compliance across environments
• Partner with Technical Operations, CloudOps, and Platform teams to ensure smooth integration of systems, improve deployment efficiency, and enhance observability
• Optimize resource allocation and infrastructure cost efficiency while maintaining performance and uptime goals
• Continuously improve resilience and scalability through proactive capacity planning, disaster recovery testing, and infrastructure modernization initiatives

What you bring

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Systems Administration, Datacenter Operations, or Infrastructure Engineering, with deep expertise in Linux/Unix systems
• Proven success designing and managing hybrid cloud and traditional infrastructure platforms at scale, including bare-metal, virtualized, and cloud-native environments
• Hands-on experience with automation, configuration management, and CI/CD tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Consul, and Jenkins
• Proficiency with observability and monitoring platforms like Grafana, ELK, VictoriaMetrics, and DataDog
• Programming experience in one or more languages such as Python, Go, or JavaScript
• A strong understanding of infrastructure architecture principles including scalability, redundancy, fault tolerance, and cost optimization
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and networking fundamentals across cloud and datacenter environments
• A proactive, analytical mindset and the ability to deliver under pressure while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and reliability
• Excellent communication and documentation skills to facilitate alignment across cross-functional engineering teams

About QuickNode

QuickNode is a cloud-based infrastructure company powering the blockchain ecosystem, backed by Tiger Global, Y Combinator, SoftBank, and Seven Seven Six Fund. The team of over 110 people maintains high-performance global data infrastructure serving billions of requests daily. QuickNode is a global remote company with offices in Fort Lauderdale, FL and Lisbon, Portugal.